Pei Ye stepped out of a doorway that had already disappeared, and the street for nearly sixty feet around him was devoid of people, but beyond that, a crowd had gathered to watch the excitement.
Pei Ye suddenly said, "In plain terms, it's just about human trafficking."
"Yes," Xu Chuo replied, "you can guess what the Taiping Canal Association is up to without even investigating, and it wouldn't be anything unusual."
"So, for a case of human trafficking... would there be anything improper about deploying such a show of force?"
Pei Ye had come here following Ding Yukang's investigation, and he was accustomed to striking into the heart of the enemy like a sharp knife. In his mind, there were many ways to deal with a woman, whether it was sneaking in himself, sending a few people to assist, or having these soldiers attack in plain clothes—all might have been more appropriate methods.
Mobilizing the Imperial Army's heavy cavalry like this inevitably alerted too many different powers.
